Curtain-pole.



. B. F. RANDOMH. 1 CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED APB..17, 1909.

955,607. Patented A r. 19, 1910.

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UNITED STATES ATENT EFT (3E.

BEEDE F. RANDOLPH, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE l-IALF TOMEDA H. R. DAVIS, OF CONEMAUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, BEEDE F. RANDOLPH, citizen of the United States,residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain- Poles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain poles or supports andhas for its object to provide a simple and eflicientdevice of thischaracter which may be cheaply manufactured and by the use of which thecurtain may be hung easily and quickly and adjusted to the requiredheight, the device doing away with rings, pins and similar accessories.

F or a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference isto be had to the following description and accompanying drawing inwhich:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the application of my device; Fig.2 is an enlarged elevation partly broken away; and, Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse section, the section being taken substantially onthe line of one of the bolts.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing, by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the body portion ofthe pole or support which is longitudinally recessed at 2 to receive theclamping member 3 which when in position completes the cylindricalcontour of the pole.

The pole 1 is provided within the ends of the recess 2 with openings twhich register with corresponding openings 5 in the clamping member 3and receive the bolts 6 which extend through the body portion of thepole 1 and the clamping member 3.

The bolts 6 are provided at one end with heads 7 and carry the springs 8which encircle the said bolts and are interposed between the heads 7 andthe clamping member 3. The opposite ends of the bolts 6 are pro-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 17, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Serial No. 490,448.

vided with nuts 9 which may be turned to 1gegulate the tension of theclamping mem- It should be noted that in order to adjust the tension ofthe springs it is only necessary to turn the bolts 5, the nuts 9 beingcountersunk in the body portion of the pole and held against the same bythe action of said spring.

By inserting the curtain or other drapery between the clamping member 3and the pole 1 the same will be firmly held in position and may beeasily adjusted to any desired length by pressing the clamping member 3away from the pole 1, allowing for the free movement of the curtainbetween the same.

It will be understood that I am not limited to any length or design ofpole or to any number of spring bolts, as it may be found expedientwhere the clamping member 3 is of unusual length to provide additionalbolts to securely hold the curtain or other drapery.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as newis:

1. In a curtain pole the combination of a body portion having alongitudinally extending recess in one side thereof and extendedcentrally of the body portion, a correspondingly shaped clamping memberengaged loosely in the recess and having a rounded outer face to comformto the periphery of the body portion, headed bolts loosely engagedthrough said body portion and said clamping member adjacent the ends ofthe latter, the body portion and the clamping member having countersunkportions in the faces thereof about said bolts, nuts carried upon theends of said bolts and seated within said body portion to prevent therotation of the nuts, and springs arranged about said bolts against theheads and in the countersunk portions of said clamping member.

2. In a curtain pole, the combination of an elongated body portionhaving a recess in one side thereof extending to the longitudinal centerof the same, and to points adjacent the opposite extremities of the bodyportion, a clamping member corresponding said bolts and having theirinner ends seated 10 in formation to the recess engaged loosely Withinthe surface of said clamping member. therein bolts loosely engagedthrough the In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature body portion andthe clamping member adin presence of two Witnesses.

jacent the ends of the body ortion, nuts carried upon the outer ends litthe bolts and BEEDE RANDOLPH seated Within the surface of the body por-Witnesses:

tion to prevent the rotation of said nuts, and WV. H. CRUM, springscarried upon the opposite ends of M. H. DAVIS.

